Agriculture, forestry and fishing have been ranked ahead of more notorious industries such as construction and mining.

The health care and social assistance sector led the pack with the largest number of serious injuries in 2014-15, with 17,585 cases.

On the other end of the spectrum, financial and insurance services is the safest industry with only 666 compensation claims and no fatalities in 2015.

There have been 1258 workplace fatalities with a vehicle involved from 2003-2015.

47% of workplace fatalities were either in the Agriculture, forestry and fishing industry (52 fatalities) or transport, postal and warehousing (40 fatalities).

Although manufacturing saw nearly 14,000 serious compensation claims from 2014-2015, there were only 13 fatalities.

How does your industry rank?

Industry

Number of fatalities in 2015

Number of serious injuries in 2014-2015

Risk score

1.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

52

3,410

42.1

2.

Transport, postal and warehousing

40

8,820

23.6

3.

Construction

33

12,575

22.7

4.

Manufacturing

13

13,725

19

5.

Wholesale trade

3

4,630

14.7

6.

Mining

10

2,105

14.1

7.

Health care and social assistance

2

17,565

12.8

8.

Public administration and safety

6

8,270

12.2

9.

Electricity, gas, water and waste services

4

1,175

11.7

10.

Administrative and support services

7

3,785

11.6

Bessie Hassan, income protection expert at finder.com.au said the agriculture, forestry and fishing industry remained Australia's most dangerous industry for the second year running.

"But it's not all bad news for this sector; in fact, the workplace fatality rate has decreased by 44% since 2007."

"It's important that employees understand the risks involved with their industries so they can be aware that workers' compensation won't provide cover for incidents that occur as the result of employee negligence."

"There is a misconception that sole traders are provided with cover under worker's compensation but this isn't necessarily the case, so do your homework and consider income protection as an option."